Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1887-04-21
THE w1rcH.s FATE.
Cruel Prejudice of Old Times More
.-N l Than EquaIed Now.

| ...f o. 1huh Equaieu NOW.
Not many decades ago in this country,
the people were excited over witchcraft.
PERSONS suspected were thrown into tho
water; II not witches, they would drown:
II they were witches, they would swim
ashore, and would be put to death! In
any event, they were doomed
Not many years ago II person were
taken sick with advanced disorder of the
kidneys, the physician would pronounce
the disease Bright's disease, and when so
declared, he regarded his responsibility
at an end, for medical authority admitted
that the disease was incurable.
When the physician found a patient
thus afflicted, he would say, "Oh, a
slight attack of the kidneys; will be all
right in little while. He knew to the
contrary. But If he could keep his pa
tient ON his hands for few months, he
knew he would derive a great revenue
from his case, and then when the disease
had progressed to certain stage, he
would state the facts and retire, exoner-
ated from all blame.
But the error Of supposing the disease
!ncuIable, has swayed the public mind.
long after the fact has ceased to be. But
public opinion has been educated TO the
true status of the case by those who have
discounted the incurability theory, and
the public recognizes and testifes to the
fact that Warmers safe cure is specific
for this disease. This has been shown
with thousands of testimonials.
Upon referring to them in our files we
find that $4,000 reward will be given TO
any one who can prove that so far as the
manufacturers know they are not gen
uine, and that hundreds Of thousands
similar in character could be published,
If 1t were necessary.
This condition of things is very anus
ing to the journalist, who looks upon all
sides of every question. Proof should
be accepted by all, but prejudice fights
proof for many years. II seems strange
that when proprietary medicine Is
doing the good that Warmers safe cure
Is, that the physicians do not publicly
indorse 1t. Many of them, we are told,
privately prescribe it, as 1t is sold by
dealers in every part of the country.
few years ago, as stated, when a man
had Brights disease, the doctor boldly
annouced 1t, because he thought it re.
lieved him OF responsibility.
To-day when prominent people are
dying land hundreds of thousands of
common people die Of the same disease),
we are told that doctors disguise the fact
that 1t is Bright's disease ofthe kidneys
and say that they die of paralysis. of ap-
oplexy, of pneumonia, of consumption,
of general debility, of rheumatism, of
heart disease. of blood poisoning, or some
other of the names of the direct effects
Of kidney disease. They are not the real
disease itself.
We sometimes wonder If they avoid
stating the real cause Of disease for fear
they will drive the public into patronage
OF the only scientific proprietary specific
for kidney diseases and the thousand ana
one diseases that originate In inactive
kidneys,
We do not believe every advertisement,
we read. Some people perhaps may re-
gard this article as m Advertisement and
Will not believe II, but we are candid
enough to say that we believe the parties
above mentioned have stated their case
and proved 1t, and under such circum-
stances the pnblic is unwise if tits longer
influenced by adverse prejudice.